Female Swiss driver Simona De Silvestro completes first Formula One test for Sauber

Female Swiss driver Simona De Silvestro completes first Formula One test for Sauber

SIMONA De SILVESTRO has completed her first Formula 1 test for Sauber.

Published 28th April 2014

DEBUT RUN: De Silvestro has completed her first F1 test for Sauber [AP]

The 25-year-old Swiss, one of two women drivers employed by F1 teams, along with Britain's Susie Wolff, completed 180 laps of Ferrari's Fiorano test track in a 2012 car.

De Silvestro, will drive again at Valencia on 25-27 June while Williams' development driver Wolff will take part in a test at Barcelona after next month's Spanish Grand Prix before driving in first practice at July's British and German Grands Prix.